PBgggg.'a!M!&;C .st-SBSB'CSW tjiwwiijMl ? ly i Hf.-igmHOw,., ;jwmjh MhripMliMjMia iiiim i nmi wiriihrinrnrnwm-i ht-m- fe W -t.3 . ,aft -!.' -v5 s.- , - it r I: fft titfrtTl f$5'2J'v M.M.MUBOOCK. Editor (VICMTA, KAX.,JUXE., 1885 AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY, One of Uio best evidence. f the stability and permanence of any community ii the interest manifested in the department of agriculture. The cultivation of tlio soil has been ono of the greatest sources of steady growth in vrcalth. Tho want of proper cul tivation of tho soil is onlo second to to tho want of a proper and intelligent ccncml VnowlcJco of how to cultivate. Farmers must bo true to themselves and their op portunities in order to succeed. An an cient oratorVwco defined tho secret of tuo cess in raising crops by taying: Tia first thing to do is. plow thoroughly U second to plow the third to manure, tho. fourth choose tho best seeds, und pfenly of them and tho filth to. root cut.' all. weeds." His saying it tho summary of the p...

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1 JFawiwa SJri(-" assa; pr-"1 a iT i"' "l""f 2SSSSZ6S8EgSS3J.'- " .-aysLwe-wJ! ssa-ascts: f aj "; "Trnlii mi'Wlii. iaraqyMSyty BltigWK,' sMsyrr iw iinriiCwwiaBiyfffiwtrmflrytitTi imaBmWMBBKieS&lSaadBaSZi, r fftje Bf last M.M.MUROOCK. Editor. WICHITA, KAN., JULY 3, 1886. TIic Gladetouc ministry held their own against the kings of the entire continent; they struck King Alcohol and gave up whipped. The city of San Francisco, accord ing to the latest directory, contains about three hundred and twenty-five thousand people. The ucw directory of Chicago con tains ucarly forty thousand names more than the last one. Tho city population is estimated at sercu hun- drd thousand. Geo. T. Benson, a prominent drug' gUt of Clay Center, has been fined and sentenced to servo two months in the county jail for selling liquor contrary to law. It is now claimed that Admiral Por ter's ucw war vessel will run backward as rapidly as forward. U'c suspect there will be a pood deal of backward ruuuiug duri...

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yygJ6Iira jaUHjl 1"$ ffljfXM'M" P" H Mbf ssas? w rfrmrrti'T . pWMfflLilBr'ligii ii Hi i lminiiiiTT-riTHTiTrrr'-- -mri ,.iU mwwi'mTMy frrrasaacjKijait-- K ,&JSirfSKWWtS10' i "''"fawgggyj' , -: PWg"! s ITi 3 t I 5 tf M.M.URDOCK. E.ltsr. mCHITA, KAN., JULY 10, 1885. THE INDIAN QUESTION. In response to a letter written ty Governor Martin to Gen. Augur, con cerning the exposed condition of oar Southwestern frontier, and urging that a force ofcavalry.be stationed on our borders, Gen. Augur, under dale of July 6th, writes : "Xothing has been received from Fort Ueuo that in any way chango my views as expressed by me in pre vious letters, as to tho apprehended outbreak of tho Choyenncs. In my judgment, there will be no such out break. I kuow very well, however, that this opinion is not going tow relievo from anxiety those settlers on the frontier whose families aro directly exposed in case of hostilities on the part of tho Indians. To give confidence to those settlers on the borders of t...

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S&$M!ai I lull maiii'i ;n ra3ss3Tr-cca-'-rf-'' rfZJzycsmiz,r,..,.. - .. r ft Pi V"' J,J-IU-' J)JIJwr1 " -" XHVHRSMIHH -- - - - n, - if wtmwiwmriii rv . , . 5 I B m T$x& Hasi M. M. MURDOCK, Editor. JUBSCJUPTIOS TWO DOLLAK8 XK ADVAXCS Hulls rril74tiMktrjm CBMtolnh IsiHlK Thodltne. tnaseum skipped out forAr can&s City yttcrtUy. Mr. K. F. Bergman, of Cbenoy, made us pleasant call yesterday. Sam Botts, a stockman or the territory, was In tbo city yesterday. Bodgws, the photographer, U going to open a gallery in Garden City. -Mr. Dillon has just finished burning a fire brick kiln said to bo of very fine quality. CH. Band has removed hi grocery to the new Garrison house on Chicago arenue. Mr. W. F. Doorley, an extenslre carriage manufacturer of Harper, was in the city last night. . Ber. Sir. Mueller is erecting a neat house and barn on River street, near the corner of Third. It. D. Seaman will build a neat little building at onco on Chicago avenue for his real estate office. Tw...

-ItoJZ- S"-4TW laU'aaaBwBMMMwMtiwW rWeaSi-.A - tr .T 3CSSKS. -ZX3K. JA,- 1 tV. 6 t T WL-V JaVj-T-JhtfyHftltTMfMi fftje Haste M.M.MURDOCK. Editor. WICHITA, KAN., JULY 17, 1885. THE RANKS OF THE CREW. CRANKY flic Kaolk is in receipt of a card ami a copy of the W. C. Advocate containing a sketch of Rev. A. B. Leonard's life. The card propound tlio question, "How can Lcouard re tain the pastorate of his church if so nearly all of his membership are against him?" We supposo this ques tion has reference to a squib in yes terday's Eaq'lk. Wc answer that we know of Mr. Leonard. He was for three years a preacher at Leaven worth, in this state, and also for some time a presiding elder. Wo heard him preach but once or twice, ne is a good preacher and a good Methodist aud was very popular, but that is no indication of his political soundness. If his congregation is true black Re publican or solid blue Democratic, or both, the membership might sustain him as a minister yet refuse to support him ...